Magness said she told the pollster that she was "tired of all the mudslinging"

Yeah and I can guarantee you that this woman will not watch the debate on tv and nor will she read the position papers of the candidates. Negative ads are run because they work and because most Americans have an attention span of about 5 seconds unless they are watching American Idol.

Bertha still has a healthy lead, but the percentage gap is narrowing. According to what I remember, you shouldn't vote if you already have (they don't use cookies to prevent it, but they will modify the vote count if they see multiples). But you should if you haven't voted already.

Folks, if you want to vote, DON'T START AT FARK.COM. They might be blocking all people who are referred to the site from Fark. Instead, go somewhere neutral first (like CNN) and then drill down to the Derby voting site:

Step 1) Go to CNN.Step 2) Go to the Kentucky.com Home Page.Step 3) You'll see a link for Derby VIP at the top, towards the right. Click on it.Step 4) Vote for Bertha Clemmons.

Yeah, but which Farker... How do we know it's not one of the asshats? Regardless of how sexy she is (and she IS "dead sexy",) do we really want to reward her for giving birth to someone who eventually spawned a jackass?

Technicolor-misfitDuuuudeee.... Etiquette breach!When a thread dies, it dies. Don't hold grudges, or take it too seriously... It's just Fark.

Thank you Technicolor I was not aware I breached Fark etiquette. You are correct, but in my opinion if you say something incredibly stupid you should owe up (as I am oweing up for breaching etiquette).

Pay no attention to me man... I'm nobody, and I'm as full of shiat as the next guy. I wasn't busting your hump or anything, just offering some friendly advice. I don't believe Fark has any hard and fast rules about it, except probably "threadjacking" if it got out of control.

Like I said, I was just offering some friendly (albeit unsolicited) advice... If you take the stuff in flame war/debate threads too seriously and hold grudges about it, it'll just end up making you crazy.

Aside from the fact that Grandma Bertha seems like a sweet old lady, you should also vote for her because she's a total badass. And Grandma who says things like "Now it's payback time." Will have my vote.

Attention Farkers in Kentucky: Ben Chandler gave us the Do Not Call list for telemarketing. Greedy businessment tried to tell him he couldn't do that, but he's our Attourney General, not theirs. Before the do not call list, I couldn't sit down and have dinner without those crooks trying to sell me something. Burglar alarm salesmen were the worst. They sounded like potential burglars casing my house, then said they were calling for ADT security systems. Thanks to Ben Chandler, and the do not call list, they don't bother me any more. Bruce Lunsford has never done a thing for me. Who the hell is he anyway? Support Ben Chandler for Governor of Kentucky.